Sacramento sheriff's office patrol vehicle spotted on streets of Poland
Sacramento sheriff's office patrol vehicle spotted on streets of Poland
A video of a Sacramento County Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle driving around Poland has made waves on social media. Here's why it was spotted there.
Wait... Poland is EU, the blinker has to be yellow not red. This car isn't street legal, and not because it looks like a police car.
Just recently I saw a Ford Crown Vic in full police attire on the Autobahn. Really weird, not even cool, just weird.
We first caught wind of this, I mean, years back and turns out to be several hobbyists in Europe that like to collect American cars and repaint them, refinish them with police and law enforcement style finishes on there," Gandhi said. "And, luckily, we've become pretty popular in a few countries."
Everyone needs a hobby.
TIL Gandhi is still alive and commenting on polish car collectors.
Alex Roy's cannonball run M5 is painted like a German police car. Plenty of Americans accidentally leave misc cop equipment on their retired crown vics to cos play as police. The irony is only a small amount of the remaining population is scared of crown vics - under 30s may have never seen them used and a ton of people straight up don't spot cop cars. I can't say I see early as many retired chargers/impalas/caprices/tahoes/explorers/tauruses let alone with old equipment.
I grew up with Crown Vics as the standard cop car, but now it's been so long since they've been in use that when I see them, I just imagine it's a poor person who couldn't afford a newer car.
When asked for comment, the driver of the vehicle responded, "I'm gonna get that summbitch if it's the last thing I eva' do."
Eeaaassstttt bound and dowwnnn
You sound a lot taller on the radio.
Thank you, I got that reference.
Did the driver also happen to be a French police man chasing a man who stole a loaf of bread?
Why Sacramento though? I would have thought LA county, or Yolo county.
My first guess is that they probably Google what the capital of California is since California is "cool," and instead of Los Angeles they get Sacramento.
I misread this as "Portland" and didn't immediately think it was weird at first. Oh no that's very different.
And the Sheriffs office not being dicks about it is a refreshing change of pace.
What can they do about it? They know their jurisdiction doesn't extend to Europe. May as well have some fun with it.
Just because they can't do anything to stop it doesn't mean they can't get all huffy about it. That is what I'd expect out of a lot of agencies, tbh.
Huh, I never would have imagined that. What a quirky hobby. How fun!
This is what happens when you don’t pay your tickets kids, the sheriff hunts you down